Published by H Brett, Printer and Publisher, Auckland 1890, 1890
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Quarto, red heavy boards, half bound in brown leather, gilt text, illus & borders to spine & boards, page edges speckled red, unpaginated prelims, + 728pp + xliii, extensive illus, VG- (frontispiece missing & large section of panoramic view of new plymouth missing [all others present], heavy soiling, scuffing & fading to boards & spine, spine lightly cocked, front& rear gutters fully cracked, heavy soiling to pastedowns & prelims/terminals, moderate to heavy foxing to pages, page 15-16 loose, previous owner's name in ink to fep).
Published by H. Brett, Auckland, 1886
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Text block detached from covers. Staining and rubbing to margins of covers. Some clippings loosely included.; 55, [1 (blank)] pages + 26 lithograph plates (mostly colour) on 13 plate leaves. 3 wood engraved plates within the pagination. Red cloth covers with black decoration and lettering on front cover. Page dimensions: 248 x 183mm. Cover title: "Tarawera. Volcanic Eruption with a Description of the Lake District Before and After. Illustrated." [Reference: Bagnall 3148].